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	<title>Charlene Arsenault &#187; Animal Activism</title>
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		<title>Factory Animals: Some are born there, some never make it out; exploring the puppy mill business</title>
		<link>http://charlenearsenault.com/2008/12/factory-animals-some-are-born-there-some-never-make-it-out-exploring-the-puppy-mill-business/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 04 Dec 2008 15:32:51 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Charlene</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[The dog pawing the bars at the pet store is undoubtedly a cutie. As a youngster, it was always fun to browse the store and giggle at the adorable pets for sale, hoping our parents would say, “OK, we can have him.” You didn’t think about where they came from. You didn’t think about the [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Attorney Sarah Luick, Animal Champion: Because Animals Should Have Their Day in Court, Too</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 04 Dec 2008 15:21:05 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Charlene</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Appeared as monthly column, &#8220;People Making a Difference&#8221; in Pets ! Magazine
The world grinds slowly. Social consciousness chugs along so that sometimes we barely sense the advances. This frustrates those passionate for change; Passionate about injustices that, though they seem so blatantly, well, wrong, aren&#8217;t addressed with appropriate speed. It can get discouraging, no matter [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Letting Go: The Pain of Saying Goodbye to Your Best Friend</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 04 Dec 2008 15:01:10 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Charlene</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[As published in Pets! Magazine, 2007
Tina Zlody and Louie Despres spent years keeping their dog Olivia’s Cushings Disease at bay with monthly acupuncture sessions. Heart disease, too, would plague her later in life. Her heart finally took her at 14 years old last year. That prior August, Zlody had to put her cat Tawny Kittaen [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Breaking the chains of ignorance and cruelty</title>
		<link>http://charlenearsenault.com/2007/04/breaking-the-chains-of-ignorance-and-cruelty/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 10 Apr 2007 19:38:31 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Charlene</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Breaking the chains of ignorance and cruelty
Massachusetts is another place where Dogs Deserve Better
As published in Pets! Magazine, January, 2007 (www.petspub.com) 
In the ‘70s, many of us cried when we read Alex Haley’s “Roots” and saw the mini-series later that decade. Scenes of Africans chained in the dark cubes of that boat are haunting. It [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Hometown Heroes/Worcester Magazine 2001</title>
		<link>http://charlenearsenault.com/2006/10/hometown-heroesworcester-magazine-2001/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 19 Oct 2006 16:04:52 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Charlene</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Disciple for the dogs
Sometime last month, some heartless bastard tied a pregnant medium-sized mutt to a pole outside of Our Lady of Mount Carmel church. 
A kind soul delivered the abandoned girl to the Worcester Animal Rescue League, where immediately Mary Jane Fallon recognized that she was ready to have pups. A shelter is no [...]]]></description>
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